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It’s BOWE TUESDAY 232. As of 10 December 2013, SGT Bowe Bergdahl has been held captive by Taliban-allied insurgents for 232 weeks.

As of 10 December 2013, SGT Bowe Bergdahl has been held captive by Taliban-allied insurgents for 4 years, 5 months, 1 week and 3 days.

There are 21 days left in the year 2013. During the holidays, people gather together for many different activities. Often we visit with people who we might not get the chance to see any other time of the year. Sometimes we even get a chance to share conversations with people we have never met before. The holiday season offers us many opportunities to share Bowe’s story with people who have yet to hear about him. It’s a good time to have a few of Bowe’s brochures on hand to share. Some Bowe supporters have had business cards made up with Bowe’s information on them. Business cards are handy and fit easily in a pocket or purse. Giving out a business card is a great way to remind people about Bowe long after you tell them about him.

Today is BOWE TUESDAY 224. SGT Bowe Bergdahl has been held captive by Taliban-allied insurgents for 4 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 1 day.

Be sure to take some extra time today to get the word out about Bowe’s plight. If you can, call, email or write your Members of Congress today.

Every BOWE TUESDAY many of Bowe’s supporters make a special post to their Facebook pages reminding their friends about Bowe. If you are able to post for Bowe on Facebook, don’t forget to ask your friends to join us all in supporting Bowe. There are many who don’t even know about Bowe and when people find out, they’re almost certain to say that they wish they had known sooner.

If you’re on Twitter, please take some time to send out some tweets for Bowe. Twitter has been very effective for getting the word out. Be sure to use hash tags #Bowe #Bergdahl #POW #MIA.

During the 3 Days of Action and Prayer that are being held November 27-29, many Bowe Supporters are joining together to contact their Members of Congress by mail, email and telephone. Please add your voice by doing the same. Below are a few copies of letters that have been submitted by some Bowe Supporters. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find a sample of a letter that you can use.

Army Sergeant Bowe R. Bergdahl has been a prisoner of the Taliban for nearly three and a half years. I have closely followed the details of his situation for quite awhile now. I’m very concerned that he continues to be held captive. I know that I’m not alone in my concern. I realize that there are details that the general public doesn’t know that are likely going on in secrecy- I do hope so. I respectfully ask that you would be an advocate for Sergeant Bergdahl and that you would support every opportunity that would present itself to bring him home. Senator Murray, I’m counting on you to do this. Supporting Sergeant Bergdahl is the right thing to do.

As a member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, I know that you are fully informed on the situation of Sergent Bowe Bergdahl. I have two sons serving in the United States Army. Having a child taken prisoner by hostile forces is one of the worst nightmares a parent could face. I have great compassion for Sergeant Bergdahl’s family as well as for Sergeant Bergdahl himself. I have read reports stating that there were negotiations for Sergeant Bergdahl’s release attempted earlier in the year but they fell through. In reading these reports, it seems to me, however, that obtaining Sergeant Bergdahl’s release is secondary to the desires to begin peace talks with the Taliban. It appears that Sergeant Bergdahl’s release is being used as a means to an end and not being viewed as a stand alone goal. By using Sergeant Bergdahl’s release as a means to an end, there runs a great risk that any effort or opportunity to obtain his release would become mired in political wranglings. Neither I nor thousands of other Americans who are advocating for Sergeant Bergdahl’s rescue want to see this happen. I am asking you to please keep Sergeant Bergdahl’s rescue a top-level priority and not secondary goal. I would also ask that you would publicly advocate for Sergeant Bergdahl and ask your fellow Congress Members to do the same. Please support every and all opportunities to obtain his release.

Respectfully,

James H,

(email below to Representative Bill Huizenga of Michigan)

Dear Congressman Huizenga,

I would like to bring to your attention to the only American service member serving in Afghanistan who is being held captive by enemy forces. I’m quite sure that you have heard about him but I would like you to understand how important it is for you to publicly show your support for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. I want to be confident that you will actively support efforts to gain his freedom and that you’ll urge your colleagues in Congress to do this also. This is very important to me as well as to many others who are seeking Sgt. Bergdahl’s release. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Cynthia J.

(The following is directed to United States Representive Robert E. Andrews of New Jersey)

Honorable Robert E. Andrews,

SGT Bowe Bergdahl has been held captive for 177 weeks = 1239 days = 29,736 hours = 3 yrs + 4 mo + 3 wks T O O L O N G He needs to come home and I am writing this letter with high hopes that when I voted for you, I did not misjudge the kind of man you are. Please do all in your power to help make this happen. Wake up the powers that be and have them realize that this man’s family needs him! Thank you for your time. Please help.

As you are aware, Sergeant Bowe R. Bergdahl, United States Army, has been held captive by Taliban allied insurgents since 30 June 2009. Press releases by official representatives of both government and the military have stated that the search for Sergeant Bergdahl continues and that all that can be done to return him to the United States is being done. Unfortunately, given that Sergeant Bergdahl has been held captive by enemies of America for over three years, these assurances are beginning to ring hollow to those who are advocating for him. I understand that obtaining his release is challenging due the complexity of the situation that he is in. It is difficult to understand, however, why the force of the most powerful nation in the world has failed to accomplish his release. This failure sends a terrible message to all who serve in America’s Armed Forces as well as to their families and to the Nation as a whole. The hundreds of thousands of supporters of Sergeant Bergdahl across our country have been waiting for real results in the effort to bring him home yet have been sadly disappointed. We are seeking the committed and visible support by our Members of Congress in the effort to obtain Sergeant Bergdahl’s release.

Senator (name), it is my sincere hope that you will support any opportunity that might present itself to obtain Sergeant Bergdahl’s release. Further, I would hope that any political differences between parties that could affect him negatively would be set aside for his sake- his life depends on it. I also ask that you educate your entire staff about Sergeant Bergdahl’s plight. Further, please share his story with as many people as you are able to. Finally, please encourage your colleagues in Congress to also actively support Sergeant Bergdahl and to support any opportunity to gain his freedom. This young soldier needs your voice as he cannot speak for himself. I am counting on you to do these things because they are the right thing to do.

Respectfully,

(your full name)

(your address)

(your phone number)

For more tips on how to contact your Members of Congress and for the phone number that you can call to leave a message for them, please follow HERE.

Follow HERE to find out who your Members of Congress are. Click on the name that you want and it will take you to a page that lists contact info for that person.

Please JOIN Bowe’s 3 day event and show your support. Please INVITE everyone you know to join us all in our effort to bring Bowe home. This is an “anywhere you are event” so nearly everyone can be involved. Follow HERE to the event page on Facebook.

You’re invited to join other Bowe Supporters for a special “anywhere you are and everywhere you are event.” What is an “anywhere you are and everywhere you are event”? It’s an event that you can be part of exactly where you are. You can participate at your kitchen table while in your pajamas if you want to! This means that almost everyone can be involved in some way.

With the recent elections, it is very important for our newly elected Members of Congress to understand that there are hundreds of thousands of Bowe Supporters who are working hard to bring Bowe home. It’s also important to remind those who are returning to Congress of the same thing. Our nationally elected officials must know that we are all expecting them to keep Bowe’s rescue a top-level priority and that we are watching to see that they do.

During the 3 Days of Action and Prayer, we’re all joining together to contact our Members of Congress. There are four ways to do this. We can call or email during those days, we can write letters that will arrive at our Congressional Members’ offices during the same period or shortly thereafter. We can also speak with our elected officials face-to-face. We must make them understand that “IT’S TIME TO BRING BOWE HOME!” Please follow HERE to find more information about how to contact Congress and how to locate the contact information for your Congressional delegation.

Another goal of the event is to raise awareness about Bowe’s captivity. Further, part of this particular goal is to encourage those who are just learning about Bowe to translate their awareness into action. We must always remember that while it is very important to tell as many people as possible about Bowe, people must be willing to contact their elected officials and continue to spread the word about Bowe’s plight.

Less than four weeks after this event, many will be celebrating Christmas; the New Year will be following closely behind. The last Christmas that Bowe was able to spend with his family was in 2008. Every year thereafter he has been held captive by those who would delightfully steal the freedom of all Americans. This is a time for all of us to join together in prayer to ask that comfort would be brought to Bowe and his family during what is sure to be an especially difficult time. One can only imagine how painful it must be to have a beloved family member in Bowe’s situation. And it must be even more difficult during the Holidays. That empty place at the Holiday dinner table is a heartbreaking reminder that the Bergdahl family won’t be entirely whole until Bowe is back home where he belongs. Let’s all join together to stand strong for them. Let’s show our support so that the Bergdahl family will know that they are always in our thoughts and prayers. And for those who do not pray, please visualize Bowe home safe and sound with his family. Bowe needs all of the kindness and compassion that his supporters have to offer.

If we all join together, we can also do something a little extra that will send our message of support to Bowe’s family. Bowe’s Facebook page, “Waiting and Advocating for Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, US Army – POW” has nearly reached 10,000 members. Will you help to achieve that number by inviting the people you know to become a member of Bowe’s page? When his family members from all across the country look at the page, it will be uplifting for them to see that there are 10,000 standing strong for Bowe on the page alone. ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! Follow HERE to go to Bowe’s page.

Working together, we can raise awareness about Bowe’s plight. Keep an eye out for opportunities to tell his story. It might be at work, at school, at the grocery store, at the doctor’s office or on Facebook or Twitter. YOU are his voice- he cannot speak for himself.

Follow HERE to the event page on Facebook so that you can JOIN and show your support. Please INVITE everyone you know to be part of Bowe’s event. If you are on Facebook, you have the option of inviting your friends by using the invite button in the upper right side of the page.

Today is BOWE TUESDAY 173. SGT Bowe Bergdahl has been held captive by enemies of America for 3 years, 3 months and 2 days; 173 weeks.

One can only imagine what life is like for Bowe. Another winter has begun and surely he wonders if he will ever make it back home. And he certainly must wonder if he’s been forgotten and prays that he hasn’t. When we try to imagine ourselves in Bowe’s situation, we realize that it is impossible to understand the depths of Bowe’s fear and desperation.

The following poem is by Robert Densmore. Robert served in Afghanistan. As you read it, consider how it could help one to understand more clearly Bowe’s experiences as an American soldier in Afghanistan.

City sand has its own taste Not the country’s dust, But darker. It’s stronger – bitter parts Under infantry foot. Under 500 years going and coming. Kipling’s finest up and over – Through the pass, Through the places where soldiers stood In stolid white snow. Cemeteries in the pass where Alexander’s own Fell on the square rocks. Paved with smoothed over river rock, This open grave – white, bare.

Kabul sand polishes everyone’s edges. Tajiks sharp on the cusp And Northern Alliance coming down Hard in the fray. They all want each other’s throats. Their wives lost in the fight – Save for pointed heels and Gold bangled over fine red henna.

Eastern sand and southern sand, Pakistan sand crooked as broken teeth, Herati sand pure and rising to the top. Nothing mixes and there is no space in between. If God loved this place he doesn’t now. If He breathed in the brass bullet casings And the diesel air and spiteful prayers. A place for lust and dirty children And the things night can hide.

What things grown men can hide- In the dark corners of their own children’s rooms. In the big shadows of a capital with no master and no disciple. No scope for all things to come together The sand and the dust and the dirt that makes things grow- When it is left alone.

But we’ve put our fingers in it And the stirring and stamping won’t leave Much for the growing. Dust bowls and cyclone air will take the rest. Every village is filled with it now – Dust from our bombs and inside our APCs. Dirt scrubbed from our rifle actions And ground into our sweaty palms like Mississippi silt.

And still nothing grows. I’ve taken a knee in seventeen villages – On street corners and broken down roundabouts, On highways and in shattered homes. On helo pads and plywood chapel steps, On the backs of dead men- And screaming vile women.

They will, all of them, bend or break – It is either them or me. It’s either winning or losing And putting in its place What does not belong, Sand of a different taste and hue That cannot tell me it is sorry.

Today is BOWE TUESDAY 159. SGT Bowe Bergdahl has been held as a prisoner of war for 1113 days.

The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives will be in session for another two weeks before they go on break. This would be a very good week to leave a phone message for your Senators and Representative. The U.S. Capitol Switchboard can be reached by calling (202)224-3121. When you call, give them your Senators’ names or Representative’s name and tell them that you wish to be connected to their office. Be sure you jot down what you want to say beforehand so that you can get in everything you want tell them. Keep it brief. Be sure to let them know that you are counting on them to do everything in their power to see that Bowe’s release is obtained. Tell them that you want to be able to depend on them to support any effort brought before them to rescue him from his captors. Follow HERE to confirm who your Members of Congress are. If you use this link, you will be able to find the direct lines to your Members of Congress. The main switchboard will get you there also, they just have to connect you.

Please help to raise awareness about Bowe’s captivity by changing your Facebook profile picture today to one that brings attention to Bowe. Please make a special post asking your friends to also make a call to their Members on Congress. And PLEASE share this post. And when you share on Facebook, you’d be amazed at how many shares happen just because you shared on your timeline. And if you actually state on your post PLEASE SHARE, you’ll dramatically boost the chances of having someone else share your post. We all need to get Bowe’s name in front of as many people as possible. FollowHERE for our BOWE TUESDAY post on Facebook.

The work that is being done to bring Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl back home is truly a grassroots effort. People from all over the world have been contributing their own unique gifts and talents to bring attention to the the beginning of Bowe’s fourth year of captivity as a prisoner of war. Below you will find a sampling of how individuals and groups are showing their support.

Week of Action and Prayer for Bowe Bergdahl June 24 through July 1. 2012

The Week of Action and Prayer continues through July 1st. This an “anywhere you are” event so it’s easy for nearly everyone to be part of. Please join us an invite your friends. Check out the Event Page on Facebook.

The Bring Bowe Home WOD is a CrossFit event which is being hosted by CrossFit gyms in countries from around the world. This event will happen on Saturday, June 30th. The goal is to raise awareness about Sergeant Bergdahl and to gather donations which will be used to purchase billboard space. The billboards will contain a message asking people to contact their Members of Congress and other elected officials on Bowe’s behalf. Follow HERE for more information

Join BALLOONS AND BOWS FOR SGT BOWE BERGDAHL on Facebook. People from across America are showing their support for Bowe by displaying yellow ribbons and balloons on Saturday. This is a great thing to do individually or as a group.

D.J. Lee Bird will dedicate his Saturday online radio program to Bowe from noon until 4pm Eastern time. He will start out the program by reading “Bowe’s Prayer. The phone lines will be open for callers. This is being held in conjunction with the “2nd Annual ‘DAY OF UNITED PRAYER FOR POW SGT. BOWE BERGDAHL“. More information can be found on the Event Page on Facebook.

Groups such as Rolling Thunder Georgia-3 will be holding awareness rides.

Bowe Supporters across the country will be passing out information to the public in an effort to raise awareness during the weekend of June 30th. Be sure to check out our downloadable brochure and sign template that you can use in your advocacy work for Bowe.

Bowe Supporters who use Twitter will be sending out tweets over the weekend to remind others that June 3oth marks the beginning of Bowe’s third year of captivity.

People from across the nation and around the world will be praying on Bowe’s behalf throughout the weekend of June 30th.

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